It'll only be the second game the Tomas Holmstrom-Pavel Datsyuk-Marian Hossa line will play together, because at least one of them was injured after they played together in the first exhibition game.

But roster moves are almost guaranteed when Darren McCarty and Chris Chelios come off the injured reserve and long-term injured reserve lists, respectively:

While everything is set for now, changes are looming. Darren McCarty (groin) and Jimmy Howard (finger) are both on short-term (seven days) injured reserve, and while Howard has been told he'll be sent to Grand Rapids once he's healthy, McCarty's situation is trickier. Right now, neither counts against the 23-man roster, but both count against the salary cap, though not at their NHL-salary levels (it has to do with how much time each spent in the NHL last season).

"When you're hurt in training camp and you did not play the entire year the previous year in the NHL ... there's a formula the league goes by that factors in what their cap number is," general manager Ken Holland said.

Moving McCarty off IR, and thus instituting his full NHL salary, would put the Wings over the cap, so something will have to be done before hand. The Wings are trying to trade defenseman Kyle Quincey. Of course, McCarty's IR stay can always be extended, too - and usually it takes two-to-three weeks for groin injuries to heal. Chris Chelios (leg) is on long-term IR.